San Francisco Republican Party

The San Francisco Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the city of San Francisco, California. The party was founded in January 1856 at Butler's Hatter Shop off Portsmouth Square, and the California Republican Party held its first convention four months later in Sacramento. From 1912 to 1964, San Francisco had five back-to-back Republican mayors, overseeing the development of San Francisco into a world-class city. The party stated of its mission: "We bring together Republican activists, donors, candidates and elected officials in support of individual liberty, personal responsibility, free enterprise, more efficient and less intrusive government, public safety, and strong and cohesive families and communities." However, the party became weaker than the San Francisco Democratic Party, which dominated the city's politics since the rise of progressivism in the 1960s.